21272 L/Cpl William Mickelburgh, 8th Bn, Border Regt

Another 654 men died on the 31st July 1916. 21272 Lance-Corporal William Mickelburgh of the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment, was killed in action on this day. He had previously served with the Norfolk Regiment (number 18836) and was born in Norfolk (Colkirk). He had enlisted at Hillington on the 4th February 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission